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Flapjack is the main protagonist of the animated series, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. He is a young boy from Stormalong Harbor who dreams of becoming a great adventurer. He hopes that with the help of his best friend, Captain K'nuckles, his dream will come true, all the while being oblivious to K'nuckles' incompetence.
Description
Flapjack is a young boy with tan skin and curly, blond hair. He has blue eyes and he wears a light olive drab scarf, a white & red striped t-shirt, and blue pants. He also sports a white sailor cap. In "I'm So Proud of Me", it is briefly shown that he is 3'1".
In "Jar She Blows!" it is revealed that he wears purple underwear. However, it is also shown several times that he wears white underwear as well, as in "Whale Times".
Personality
Flapjack is an eccentric young boy with a passion for adventure. He is full of energy and loves making new friends. Flapjack is easily influenced by his inspiration K'nuckles, Flapjack gives him all the trust in his heart and follows K'nuckles' every word, without thinking much of it.
Flapjack is very naive and oblivious to danger, thus he is easily caught up in perilous situations. Being so young, he can be easily taken advantage of due to his kindness and purity.
Flapjack is revealed to be very intelligent as shown when he accelerated quickly in formal education while K'nuckles failed miserably, as well as his quick strategies often getting him and K'nuckles out of trouble. Flapjack is also revealed to be very gifted in pool to point where he even outshined Larry who was a seven seas champion (making Flapjack an 8 seas champion).
History
Somewhere in between 5-11 years before the beginning of the series, when Flapjack was just an infant, Bubbie found him out in the sea, in a floating bundle of seaweed. When she took a closer look at the child, she declared him her "little angel." Later on, a man in a boat passes by making flapjacks. Baby Flapjack likes the name, it being his first word, and Bubbie decides to name him "Flapjack." From then on, Bubbie raised Flapjack as her own, taking him with her to Stormalong Harbor.
Sometime later, a now older Flapjack and Bubbie were out at sea when they discovered a drowning K'nuckles. After saving the old sea captain, he began telling various tales of his adventures before he got lost. When K'nuckles told Flapjack of Candied Island, Flapjack became very enthusiastic and decided to become an adventurer like K'nuckles. He has stuck by K'nuckles side ever since.
Role in video games
TKO: Titanic KungFu-Bot Offensive
Flapjack is a playable character. One of Flapjack's moves is called, "Hey, Bubbie" and when used, Flapjack launches Bubbie at the enemy. Peculiarly, Bubbie is very small in comparison to Flapjack.
Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
Flapjack is a starter character.
Trivia
- According to Thurop Van Orman, Flapjack's creator, Flapjack is 5-10 years old.
- According to the episode "K'nuckles is a Filthy Rat," Flapjack's blood carries a natural immunity to the Bubonic Plague.
- This seems to make sense considering Flapjack has been to many places known to be very dangerous despite being a minor (therefore underdeveloped) making it more likely he'd be exposed to different or dangerous diseases, bacteria, or viruses.
- It can also be known that despite having a poor diet (due to his and K'nuckles' obsession over candy), Flapjack is moderately healthy compared to many residents on Stormalong and hardly ever shows signs of sickness.
- Flapjack has a knack for writing original lyrics and melodies for songs, and has a "beautiful singing voice." His songs have included a lullaby for K'nuckles, a friendship-themed song involving K'nuckles, a musical tribute to a little old lady, and about 366 more unknown songs.
- Flapjack was originally going to be voiced by actor/comedian Paul Reubens, but Reubens did not show up to any of the recording sessions, so Thurop Van Orman decided to voice Flapjack himself.
- Flapjack has been shown to have been a sailor multiple times in the series.
- In "N Is for Navy" he was said to have been their best recruit.
- In "All Hands on Deck" he pretended to be a sailor in order to impress the "real" sailors.
- Flapjack is briefly mentioned at the end of the Steven Universe episode "Say Uncle."
- Flapjack makes a cameo appearance along with K'nuckles and Bubbie in the Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake episode "Prismo the Wishmaster".